Columbus vs Isfahan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Isfahan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$523
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1618
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$639
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$41.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$240
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	73	66
😀 Quality of life	88	48
🏙️ Population	906K	1.96M

The cost of living in Columbus is 310% more expensive than in Isfahan. Cities ranked 1476th and 8454th ($2145 vs $523) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 72nd in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.5 months in Isfahan. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Isfahan ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 249th and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Isfahan

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	Columbus	Isfahan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$0.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$257
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$175
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$898
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$9.25
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$9.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	26.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$2.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$3.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$0.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$5.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$2.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$15.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$13.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$1.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$115
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$77.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$594

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688